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Revitalizing the
archives
From 1998 until
2002, injusticebusters was in the throes of identity crisis.
What was it? What were we doing? We grappled with editorial policy
at the same time we were learning the nuts and bolts of building
and posting a website. Once we had a secure, paid site I had
full editorial control, although I talked regularly to Richard
Klassen who was forced to move his family several times and did
not always have access to the internet.
I began following
other threads to stories of police and prosecutorial misconduct
and the site took on another facet to its character: a newsclipping
scrapbook where stories could live longer than they would in
print form. I also began picking up other stories of wrongfully
convicted people. It was an explosion. By 2003 there were over
700 pages. I also had contact with several other people (Don
Smith, Leon Walchuk, Monique Turenne, the Vopnis) and kept these
stories going.
When Richard
Klassen began to make progress in bringing his civil claim to
court, the government and police defendants alleged he was breaking
the rules of court by publishing discovery material on the internet.
This claim
was absolutely false. However, rather than risk being thrown
out of his civil claim, Klassen undertook before Judge Mona Dovall
to sever all ties with the website.
Now that some
of the dust has settled, I have been going back through the material
we had posted in the early days. In the spirit of keeping the
scrapbook alive, I have been reformatting and placing links.
The original material remains intact. I hope the information,
which chronicles our struggle is useful to you.
The identity
crisis is over. We know who we are --Sheila Steele, March
28, 2005
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QB 271 Pre
civil trial
A year later: Feb.
19, 2003 | Popowich | Holgate
| Miazga | Mitchell
| Terry Hinz | The
$10M+ Lawsuit | Klassens await
day in court | The Gerald
Morris case traces some of the branches of corruption in
the Saskatchewan legal community | Background
to the case | Saskatchewan
Court of Appeals role in covering malice |
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Klassen / Dueck
civil hearing: pay and wait
On Friday following
the hearing (full report below) Klassen discovered that McKillop
had brought the wrong box of documents to Saskatoon. Klassen
had dropped the matter in court when McKillop assured the judge
that he had brought the box of documents to Saskatoon.
This is the
box of documents that Klassen initiated the hearing in order
to get.
Richard Klassen
holds bank draft he had to get for Dueck's lawyer to avoid being
dismissed from civil claim SKQB271-94. David Gerrand took over
defending Dueck from Saskatoon City Solicitor Barry Rossman after Rossman successfully
duped the court January, 13, 2001. Klassen's lawyer at the time,
Ed
Holgate,
neglected to file his client's affidavit answering to charges
of breaking the rules of court. Judge Zarzaczny ruled against Klassen and ordered
him to pay Dueck.
Judge
Mona Duvall's fiat
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Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002:
Judge Mona Dovell heard from David Gerrand
and Don McKillop arguments why Richard Klassen should be dismissed
from the civil claim he launched in 1994. She then heard arguments
from Richard Klassen on why the defendants should be penalized
for keeping sloppy files which cost him unreasonably large photocopying
costs because the listing and numeration was inadequate.
The hearing
went on from 10 until 2.45 with one twenty minute break.
The hearing
began aggressively with the two defendant lawyers arguing vociferously
that Richard Klassen had broken a judge's order by giving material
to StarPhoenix, fifth estate and injusticebusters. They provided no direct evidence
for the first two media and the first page of this page which was published
on this site in August, and which is not evidence at all but
a personal rant, to support their charge regarding the internet
publication.
Richard Klassen
made very clear that the public should know the crimes committed
by Superintendent Dueck no matter where the evidence is found,
even in a civil suit. The aggressiveness settled down after Klassen
stated the seriousness of the crime, allowing the sexual torture
of twin girls, for 43 months while they were 8-13 years old.
This is one thing the other side does not want told, even though
the whole country has seen the fifth estate show providing the background in this
case.
Dueck's lawyer
was insistent that Klassen immediately pay Dueck the levy assigned
by last January's court even though Klassen's counsel at the
time had informed him such payment would be a severe hardship.
Klassen purchased the bank draft above but it was too late to
deliver it to the court. He left for home with a quarter tank
of gas, loose change in his pocket and the satisfaction of having
practiced a good day's justice in courtroom number five.
Michael Ross
and Michelle Ross were both in the courtroom which was filled.
Steele's role
in the running of this site was raised by Dovell who did not
go as far as Judge Zarzaczny who, in January 2001 told Dueck's
lawyer that if he wanted the website taken down, he would have
to find another jurisdiction. However, she did not press it.Judgement
was reserved.
Motions to
dismiss were also heard against the claim of Peter Klassen and
Michael Ross. These were adjourned to March 15. (They were all
dismissed. The reasons -- which are not good enough, will be
posted shortly.)
Meanwhile, Richard Klassen
would like very much to thank the anonymous European donor whose
generous contribution could not have come at a more helpful time.
Please add your voice to our
campaign for Federal Justice to intervene.
Chronology
of this story from 1987 to now
QB 1994
271
| Peter
Klassen and Michael Ross lawsuit | John Lucas lawsuit | John Popowich lawsuit
Stories on Saskatoon Police | Sermonette
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 Truth can never be
told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd. William Blake, The Proverbs of Hell
Truth suppress'd, whether
by courts or crooks, will find an avenue to be told. Sheila Steele, injusticebusters.com
If you hold the mouth
of Truth, It will burst out its rib-cage. Somali proverb
Truth crushed to earth
will rise again. --William Cullen Bryant
- Publisher : Sheila
Steele
- Co-founder: Richard Klassen
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court advice :
- How
to walk yourself through the justice system
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- Why
you should dump your preliminary hearing (written
July 1998 and still valid)
Our activism
contributed greatly to the good vibes which happened around the
civil trial. (More Links provided below)
Index
to the stories on this website
This is not
regularly updated so if you are looking for a particular story
and you have a name or keyword, please use the site search engine(at
the bottom of the page) which IS regularly updated
Index to Saskatoon Police stories
This is a pretty good scrapbook
for the 1998-2002 period.
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Pre
civil trial
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- February
2002 hearings
- Dovall fiat 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Court
report
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- The Klassen/Kvello
civil Trial
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- StarPhoenix coverage
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- September 8, 2003: Trial Begins
- September 09, 2003: Pamela Klassen Shetterly's
Testimony
- September 10, 2003: Anita Klassen
- September 11, 2003: Michelle Ross
- September 12, 2003: Sheila Verway
- September 16, 2003: Michael Ross
- September 18, 2003: Ellen Gunn
- September 19, 2003: Terry Hinz
- September 19, 2003:StarPhoenix editorial,
Terry Hinz
- September 20, 2003: Louis Dupuis
- September 27, 2003: Ron Schindell,
Jay Watson
- October 01, 2003: Case
- against the Klassens weak:
documents
- October 02, 2003: Judge asked to dismiss suit: No evidence of
malicious intent: lawyers
- October 2, 2003: Letter to the editor from former "Believe
the children" advocate
- October 03, 2003: Lawyer details evidence of malice
- October
04, 2003: Judge ponders
request to drop Klassen lawsuit
- October
27, 2003: Judge
Baynton's interim decision: Quinney dropped, the rest proceed
- October 27, 2003: Claim goes forward
- October 29, 2003: Brian Dueck
- October 30, 2003: Dueck
- October 31, 2003: Brian Dueck
- November 01, 2003: Matthew Miazga
- November 04, 2003: Matthew Miazga
- November 05, 2003: Matthew Miazga
- November 06, 2003: Sonja Hansen
injusticebusters' daily reports page 1
Final
judgment: Dec. 30, 2003
Post judgment publicity
- articles
and editorials from Jan 6-9
- Sabo's
apology
- Editorials: StarPhoenix, Leader Post and National
Post
- National
Post front page story, Jan. 10
- Sarah
Gibb's profile of Richard and Kari Klassen |
- Lives ruined by Jason Warick, Feb. 19
- April 15/04: Judge
Baynton warns defendants' lawyers not to delay damages trial
- Dueck
drops his appeal
- Full
transcript of Dueck's examinations for discovery which were part of the read-ins at
the civil trial
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- Pre-sermonette Brash
Comment
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- 1998
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- Fall,
1998: Sask Sympatiko
strikes again
- 2001
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- Muzzling
the media
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- Sermonettes
2001
January: Legal Treachery to keep Dueck's lies safe
2002
March,
2002
-- Gay Bashing still a legal sport in Saskatoon -- Even when
it turns to murder
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- 2003
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- Feb. 1:
Where we stand
- Feb. 15, 2003:
Has Saskatchewan learned anything?
- March 1:
Connecting the dots
- March 23, 2003:
From Micro to Macro
- March 25, 2003:
About libel
and malice
- March 27: Gangs
of Saskatoon: the police and prison guards
- April 28, 2003: The
Naked Truth
- May 5: How
low will they go?
- May 15, 2003: Come
clean Calvert, Cline!
- May 30:
Still smearing Milgaard - defamation is alive and well on the
lawn of the Regina legislature and Precendent has been set as
we reclaim our institutions
- June
11, 2003: --Eric Cline
carries on a corrupt tradition
- Nov 7:
Courage -- the only reward is justice
- November 20:
Just following orders
- November 24:
Mayor Atchison, community policing and graffiti
- November
25: Michael Jackson
- November 30:
Corrupt officials must be severely punished: otherwise they just
keep on putting the administration of justice in disrepute!
- December 1: Christmas comes early for injustice warriors
- December 4: Wide open Saskatchewan?
- December 16: Crawling through the tunnel of justice
since 1991
- December 24: The Crown keeps right on breaking
the law
- December 30: Who will find justice under their tree?
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- 2004
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- January 1. 2004: Unprecedented publicity and Happy New
Year
- January 8, 2004: Malice still afoot
- January
10, 2004: Shame
and mugshots
- January
14, 2004:
Telling more truth about the undefamable: McKillop and Quennell,
the static duo
- January
17, 2004: Fifth Estate
returns and A working class hero is something to be
- January
22,23,
2004: Justice is still prevailing -- it is just taking longer
and Bits and pieces are
now coming together to tell the story of the century
- January
27, 2004: Telling the
truth about the undefamable, restoring reputations to the defamed.
- February
5, 2004: Negotiations
and strategies: getting an intransigent government to remedy
its damage
- February
10, 2004: How many
lawyers does it take to ruin a province? and Lawyer continues to treat people's
lives as a cruel game: monopoly?
- Febrary
16, 2004: Calvert
is not King Arthur
- March
29, 2004:
Counting down to the damages trial
- April 16, 2004: The internet, the courts and now the
movies -- We will so what it takes to get justice
- May
1, 2004:
If Frank
Quennell is any example of what former Justice Minister Chris
Axworthy called "evolving," Saskatchewan is ready to
kiss justice good-bye!
- May
27, 2004: Some observations
on Saskatchewan and justice
- June
7, 2004:Media coverage of Monique
Turenne's story illustrates journalistic laziness
- June
8:, 2004
-- The police not only failed to serve and protect Don and Lorna
Smith and their children but set them up for false charges and
community shunning
- September 2, 2004: A tale of three cops: Dueck, Gobeil
and Schinkel -- with an update on how they get away with criminal
obstruction of justice
- November,
2004:
Wilfred Hathway, Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns -- RCMP stings
offensive to community standards
- November 11, 2004: Rogue Platoon? Identifying the rotten apples in Saskatoon
Police Service and why we need a full public inquiry into our
whole justice system
- November 28, 2004: Can
Justice Minister Quennell take a few more steps? The Prosecutors'
office is still harbouring crowns who put the administrative
of justice in disrepute
- November 12, 2004: Saskatchewan Justice in chaos: The
Stonechild report suggests it is.
- November 28, 2004: The price for being a good judge or
a good prosecutor
- December
30:
When the government interferes
with the judiciary, we know a Police State is a dangerous possibility
(The government appeal of the Klassen/Kvello decision)
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- 2005
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- Jan 1, 2005: Chewed up digested and spit out
- Jan.
5, 2005:
More on chief Sabo
- February
18, 2005:
Tunnel vision: Darren Koehn, Wilf Hathway and Leon Walchuk
- March
2:
Fixing the system: Time to quit talking and implement previous
commission recommendations
- March 19, 2005 : Injustice as ShowBiz
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